Access regulation – Radical antitheses: on #IDPWD2024 ⁦@raelene_west⁩ ⁦@mdi_unimelb⁩ points out that much of the built environment in Australia remains inaccessible for people with disability — Power to Persuade

Congrats @_Yi_Yang and @gdisney_melb on your piece in @ConversationEDU This important research highlights the need for concerted, coordinated action across metropolitan, regional and rural Australia to prevent more unnecessary deaths.

📢Very important new research from @unimelb's Dr @_yi_yang, Peter Summers, @ZoeAitken11 @Kavanagh_AM @gdisney_melb looking at mortality inequalities between people with and without disability. Targeted interventions and policy reforms are needed now. https://t.co/wC3gGDTyPl

This October of #DownSyndromeAwarenessMonth please help fund & share weblink for a 'Nihola Rehab' e-#cargobike please 🙏🏽😭 The newly defunded #NDIS cuts affected kiddo w #DownSyndrome and #LongCOVID 😷

We have made a set of Conversation Cards to help people with intellectual disability and supporters learn more about yearly health checks. If you are a person with intellectual disability or family member, you can get a FREE set of cards. More info here: https://t.co/7bmJ6WLm2A

☀️ We are at the Loud & Clear Conference in QLD today and tomorrow, along with some Our Voice Committee members. We are really grateful to see SARU (Self Advocacy Resource Unit) do a great presentation about the National Day of Self Advocacy - which officially launched today! 😀

It’s Doctor Time! Only 7% of Australians with intellectual disability are visiting a GP for a Medicare-supported yearly health check. Our new campaign aims to turn that around. Help us spread the word: https://t.co/fnokqLAjrJ #ItsDoctorTime #IntellectualDisability

In light of @ruokanyday we want to share Healthy Mind - an online Easy Read tool developed by the @blackdoginst to help empower people with intellectual disability to build good mental health. Click here for Easy Read mental health resources and videos: https://t.co/NkzXokJeFb

We are delighted to be partnering with @mdi_unimelb on the 2025 Community Fellows Program. Two fellowships will be supported by MDI and projects should focus on matters important to people with disability and the solutions that are needed.

In the disability community, some people are taking their anger and frustration out on others in the community, especially on social media. Disability Representative Organisations have joined together to say that this kind of violence is never okay: https://t.co/WrZnbJr42B

Amazing job opportunity with the Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health! 🎉 The Centre is recruiting for part-time project workers who have lived experience of intellectual disability. Read and apply here: https://t.co/XetSTGAyrl

It’s been a year of reflection following the Disability Royal Commission findings and the NDIS report. Register now to hear from keynote speakers @almcewin and @rosemarykayess as they discuss CRPD through the Disability Reform Agenda. https://t.co/fdZ9JqxSes

New from ⁦@raelene_west⁩ ⁦@mdi_unimelb⁩ | The Australian Government’s first response to the Disability Royal Commission | InSight+ ⁦@theMJA⁩

Here's @raelene_west with an analysis of how the Australian Government and joint governments have responded to the Disability Royal Commission's healthcare recommendations

We've written a song to help you remember to book a yearly health check with your GP. It's Doctor Time! Listen to our song and visit https://t.co/fnokqLAjrJ to find out why yearly health checks are so important.#ItsDoctorTime #IntellectualDisability

The Government is making a new specialist disability employment program. It will replace the Disability Employment Services program. We made a submission about how to make the program work well for people with an intellectual disability and families: https://t.co/gvkRVWIUda

Congrats to @gdisney_melb, @dennisJPetrie and team who were awarded the @nhmrc Centre of Research Excellence in Achieving Health Equity for All People with Disabilities (AHEAD)

We are delighted to announce that applications for the Community Fellows Program are now open. The program provides community organisations with the opportunity to conduct their own research, mentored by experienced @unimelb academics. Learn more → https://t.co/VB5kDTRjC3

looking forward to getting going on this

Calling all @unimelb grad students early career researchers & academics with an interest in co-productive research. We're teaming up w/ @MSEI_UniMelb to host Prof. Katherine Brunswick-Cole from @sheffielduni to chat about how research has evolved over time